Star of the Stars


  • Photographer
    Yoichi Nagata
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention
  • Date of Photograph
    2012

For more than six years now, I have been photographing fancifully costumed clubgoers at club parties in Tokyo. I have taken over 700 portraits so far, with more to follow. The clubgoers’ fake eyelashes, their hair extensions, the tattoos and character goods that cover their bodies seem almost to infinitely breed and multiply in a motley riot of colors. Since ancient times, wearing bright colors and ornaments has been considered an effective way to call down luck from the spirits, who are said to be attracted to such brilliance. Could our modern-day shamans, then, be like the shamans of yesteryear, channeling the gods and spirits of this megalopolis who have long ceased to call to the humans who live within their ken? If so, will these shamans indeed be able to bring supernatural blessing upon Tokyo, now in the fast-dwindling last days of our fossil-fuel-based civilization?

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